5 family members killed in wall collapse

Five members of a family were today killed when the wall of a house collapsed in Jagdishpur area here, police said.

Parsu (38), his wife Suninda (35), sons Luvkush (10), Rahul (8) and daughter Manju (6) were buried under the debris when the wall of their house collapsed due to rain this morning, Superintendent of Police Heera Lal said.

Lal said that by the time the victims could be taken out of the debris they were dead.